The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures [Paperback]

The Routledge Handbook to Contemporary Jewish Culturesexplores the diversity of Jewish cultures and ways of investigating them, presenting the different methodologies, arguments and challenges within the discipline. Divided into themed sections, this book considers in turn:

• How the individual terms Jewish and culture are defined, looking at perspectives from Anthropology, Music, Literary Studies, Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Art History, and Film, Television, and New Media Studies.
• How Jewish cultures are theorized, looking at key themes regarding power, textuality, religion/secularity, memory, bodies, space and place, and networks.
• Case studies in contemporary Jewish cultures.

With essays by leading scholars in Jewish culture, this book offers a clear overview of the field and offers exciting new directions for the future.

Part 1: Defining Terms: Disciplinary Perspectives  1. Anthropology, Misha Klein  2. Music, Judah M. Cohen  3. Literary Studies, Marc Caplan  4. Sociology, Ben Gidley  5. Religious Studies, Andrea Lieber  6. History, Klaus H?dl  7. Art History, Samantha Baskind and Larry Silver  8. Film, Television, and New Media Studies, Nathan Abrams  Part 2: Theorizing Contemporary Jewish Cultures  9. Power, Michael Rothberg  10. Textuality, Devorah Baum  11. Religious/Secular, Naomi Seidman  12. Memory, Nils Roemer  13. Bodies, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett  14. Spaces, Barbara E. Mann  15. Networks, Laurence Roth  Part 3: Case Studies in Contemporary Jewish Cultures  16. Jewface and Jewfa?ade in Poland, Spain, and Birobidzhan, S.I. Salamensky  17. Television Blackface: Jews, Race l“&